Application

(1) In-depth Analysis recorded Transport Streams

• analysis of ATSC DTV+MDTV PSI/SI tables up to the last bit
• analysis of ATSC-M/H signaling
• support of mixed ATSC and ATSC-M/H transport streams
• channel allocation at one glance

(2) Real-Time Analysis of ATSC live broadcast and recorded Transport Streams

• live broadcast reception via RF, IP or ASI
• playback recorded DTV + MDTV Transport Streams
• real-time analysis MPEG layer acc TR 101 290
• real-time analysis EPG, ESG, Closed Captioning
• real time analysis MH specific signaling, SI, error corrections, IP data
• A/V playback

Components

atscSAM TS Analyzer

• analysis of ATSC and QAM PSI/SI tables up to the last bit:
  PAT, CAT, PMT, MGT, TVCT, CVCT, RRT, EIT, ETT, CETT, STT, DCCT, DCCSCT and the OM packet

atscSAM TS Analyzer

• analysis of ATSC M/H SI tables separately of each M/H ensemble and M/H parade up to the last bit:
  SMT, SLT, GAT, CIT, RRT, NRT
• analysis of all ATSC M/H signalling information of each M/H slot up to the last bit:
  TPC and FIC
• access to and analysis of each particular IP packet extracted from the ATSC-M/H portions, considering their sequence of occurrence
• support of all ATSC-M/H coding variations, i.e. all Frame Modes, all RS Code Modes, all Block Modes, all SCCC Code Modes in any allowed combination
• support of mixed ATSC and ATSC-M/H transport streams
• treeview of all PIDs in transport stream
• channel allocation at one glance – graphical representation of all PIDs and distribution of them
• timing analysis of M/H slots
• CRC check of PSI/SI tables

atscSAM I/O Processor

• live input of DTV and MDTV multiplexes via RF, ASI, IP interfaces
  

  atscSAM I/O Processor

• playback of recorded Transport Streams
• can use even legacy ATSC receivers (compliant to ATSC A/53 standard) for receiving ATSC-M/H broadcasts
• live output to various IP streamers, ASI/SPI output devices, 8-VSB modulator devices and files (recording)
• supporting various types of IP based output streamers:number of simultan IP streams is unlimited
  • complete multiplex
  • particular ATSC,QAM programs out of the multiplex or single PIDs
  • particular ATSC M/H services (video/audio/FLUTE/ESG/key streams/…) out of the multiplex
• data duplication – same data can be streamed to different destinations simultaneously
• takes transport stream snapshots on mouse click
• easy navigation within the programs and services of the multiplex
  

  TS Recorder

• real-time analysis of the complete DTV + MDTV multiplex on MPEG-2 layer acc. ETSI TR 101290
• analysis of all DTV PIDs and Program bitrates incl. error indication according configured thresholds
• real-time analysis of all MDTV specific IP/Port bitrates incl. error indication according configured thresholds
• real-time analysis of the RTP sequence counter continuity
• real-time analysis of M-EAS services including EAS message tracer
  

  IP Streaming

• comprehensive EPG analysis features
• comprehensive analysis features for Closed Captions (CC) for both 608, 708 and SCTE-20 CC’s
• individual configuration of error and warning thresholds for each particular real-time analyzed parameter
• de-multiplexing of all programs within the channel/multiplex for both all DTV and MDTV programs simultaneously
• streaming of the de-multiplexed programs via IP to other destinations for both all ATSC and MDTV programs simultaneously
• de-scrambling of ATSC-M/H services

atscSAM ESG Analyzer

• supports OMA BCAST standard
  

  ESG Analyzer

• supports UDP unicast and multicast
• automatic creation of all IP listeners according to the ESG content
• in-depth analysis of all container files of all ESG’s simultaneously
• supports single and multiple transport mechanism
• decoding of ESG containers up to the last bit
• stores all ESG content (XML’s, SDP’s, images, …)  into separate directories
• XML schema check
• renders the complete ESG program list

atscSAM A/V Monitoring Wall

• simultaneous playback of DTV and MDTV video and audio services,
  also arbitrarily mixed

A/V Monitor Wall

• support of all video and audio formats used in these broadcast technologies (MPEG-2, MPEG-4, H.264…)
• comprehensive realtime transcoding and streaming features for seamless streaming of regional ATSC and ATSC M/H programs over network at a low bandwidth into a remote operation center for visual monitoring
• support for regular TV image snapshot creation and streaming (provides visual monitoring at ultra-low bandwidth)
• provides audio bars for visual monitoring of audio channels
• adjustable number of monitor columns and tiles
• adjustable monitor sizes to optimal fit to the available screen size
• support of IP multicast
• support of Closed Captioning
• recording of single A/V services

atscSAM Loudness Measurement and Monitoring

• Integrated Loudness according ITU-R BS.1770.3, EBU R-128 and ATSC A/85 for monitoring e.g. CALM act compliance

SAMloudio Analysis Tile

• Momentary Loudness (400 ms integration time, 75% overlapping, 10 measurements per second)
• Short Term Loudness (3 seconds integration time)
• True Peak Level (TPL) measurement of every sub-channel
  (incl. 4-times oversampling for enhanced accuracy, 10 measurements per second)
• Loudness Range
• Live Meter (60 seconds, scalable, more than 100 live meters can be displayed on a single 4k screen)
• Solution is CPU efficient, it can analyze/monitor the loudness of more than 100 audio streams on a recent Core i7 CPU incl. all measurements and visualizations
• can be used along with arbitrary MPEG, AAC and AC3 audio codecs¹
• supports Digital TV and Mobile DTV
• can be used stand-alone or integrated with atscSAM and dvbSAM

Monitoring Summary Window

• all parameters like target loudness, warning and error thresholds, loudness scales etc. are configurable individually for every audio stream
• fully integrated into decontis SNMP tool chain for automated 24/7 SNMP based monitoring
• for any audio stream a live playback is possible, even for several streams simultaneously, if required for any reason

¹audio codecs are not included but must be installed separately

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atscSAM NRT Analyzer

• in-depth analysis of data carousels transmitted via FLUTE/ALC protocol
  within DTV/MDTV multiplexes
• processes several FLUTE carousels simultaneously
  

  NRT Analyzer

• extracts and stores all FDT instances
• extracts and stores all transmitted files
• display of announced and actually received files, file sizes, TOIs, encodings…
• measurement of carousel cycle times
• calculation of the file transfer bitrate for each carousel
• decoding of XML, ESG and announcement files
• endless archive of all received files ever transmitted within a data carousel
• supports UDP unicast and multicast
• can act as independent FLUTE client, thus can be used standalone

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 M-EAS Analysis and Monitoring

ATSC-M/H Descrambling

atscSAM MDTV Descrambling

• descrambling of IPSec scrambled MDTV services
• manual key configuration
• descrambling of all services simultaneously
• streaming of descrambled A/V services